Where does “nonacquisitive” come from?
nonacquisitive (English) comes from English acquisitive, from Latin acquisitus, from Latin acquirere, from Latin acquiro, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
nonacquisitive (English): Not acquisitive
Definitions
- Not acquisitive
Ancestry of “nonacquisitive”, step by step
nonacquisitive traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English acquisitive
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | acquisitive | Acquired; Able or disposed to make acquisitions;... |
| 2 | Latin | acquisitus | acquired |
| 3 | Latin | acquirere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 4 | Latin | acquiro | I acquire or obtain; I accrue |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |